James Taylor - Barrister

James is a barrister at CANDEY working across the firm’s core practice areas. In particular, he is gaining experience of insolvency, arbitration, and company and commercial litigation.

Recent work includes:

  • Contour No.1 LLP v Farah & Others: drafted re-amendments to Third Party’s Defence to Additional Claim and Counterclaim in multi-million-pound dispute arising out of a joint venture (High Court, KBD).

  • Successfully obtained relief from sanctions (debarring witness statements) in proceedings arising out of an investment agreement made between shareholders in a farming company (High Court, KBD).

  • Successfully obtained a Norwich Pharmacal order against a leading high street bank in relation to a phishing fraud targeting an Italian clothing manufacturer (High Court, ChD).

  • Successfully defended a wasted costs application in respect of applications for rescission of a winding up order and a validation order (High Court, ChD).

  • Advised in relation to a proprietary injunction over £20 million of litigation settlement proceeds (High Court, KBD).

  • Drafted ICC Request for Arbitration in a commercial dispute between a large Russian oil company and a multinational conglomerate.

  • Drafted claim notices in respect of alleged breaches of insured warranties in a share purchase agreement.  Drafted LCIA Request for Arbitration in the same matter.

  • Advised in relation to an OFSI sanctions designation against an ultra-high-net-worth individual.

  • Advised a Russian oil company on application of US and UK sanctions to import of industrial equipment.

  • Drafted pre-action correspondence and advised in relation to prospective claims against two investment banks in respect of their early redemption of equity-linked securities.

Before commencing pupillage, James was the Judicial Assistant to David Richards LJ in the Court of Appeal; and subsequently a Research Assistant in the Commercial and Common Law team at the Law Commission of England and Wales.

During his legal studies James was a Lord Denning Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn and won the Lincoln’s Inn Student Law Journal Prize.  Before converting to law James graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a First in history.

James was called to the Bar of England and Wales at Lincoln’s Inn in October 2021.

Email: jtaylor@candey.com